4,850 feet of dual gauge railroad track on a 2% graded
roadbed was laid from the main CG&P (Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth
Railroad Company)
line to the New Water Works. The CG&P was a narrow gauge steam line
constructed by the Cincinnati & Portsmouth Railroad, 1876-1886, and
converted to Standard Gauge and Electrified in 1902. While the line never
made it to Portsmouth it was the first steam railroad in the country to
convert to electricity. The branch to the California water works was built
with dual gauge to allow standard gauge freight cars from the Little Miami
Railroad to be hauled to the waterworks with the CG&P's narrow gauge
locomotives. GCWW purchased this rail addition in the 1930's when CG&P was
liquidated.